Archive of ‘Dance’ category

Across the World: My half-year in India Travel Blog #3. March 6, 2017 This land continues to bless me, challenge me, inspire me, and bring forth more of my truth. I am in love with her people, animals, land, food, music, dance, rich cultures and spiritual wisdom. I am challenged at times by her seeming [...] Read more…

Dear Love, I’d like to tell you a sweet story. One of those melt your heart moments that you don’t want to ever forget. One of those moments where time seems to stop and you feel an avalanche of love pour over you. It was the middle of my Odissi dance training this past January [...] Read more…

Are you ready? I get asked this question about once a week from friends, family, acquaintances who know about my upcoming epic adventure in India. “Are you ready? How are the preparations coming? How are you feeling?” My answers are usually like…”well, I’m getting there.” Or sometimes “Yes! I am so ready!” Other times I [...] Read more…

Dearest Dreamer ~ How did we get here? How did this dream life come to be? From a small town Minnesota girl to a California dreamer to a world traveler, artist and teacher…how can this be? Who was that awkward little girl who felt inferior, average, shy, and so very unsure of herself for most [...] Read more…

Those moments when rules, edges, boxes, labels, reasoning, descriptions and words blur and dissipate…that is where my truth lives. That is where life is. No words. Pure. Raw. Unabashed. Expressed. Dance does this for me. When I am using every cell, muscle, bone, tissue of my body to move through life in the dance…that is [...] Read more…

Sweet friend ~ I have been dreading this post. Words. What are words? How can one put such a profound experience into mere words? Yet I feel that if I do not write about this, the memories and moments that live in my heart may fade; and the ocean of love that I am currently [...] Read more…

It hit us like a ton of bricks. The dry, cool and dark winter came and smacked us upside the head on Sunday and Monday of last week. A near 20 degree drop in temperature. Dark by 5:30 p.m. My skin parched like a dried raisin. Hair full of static. Lips cracked. A wave of heavy energy swept over [...] Read more…

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson My guardian angel I have the most awesome guardian angel. My grandpa. Dr. Bert Kolp [...] Read more…

Dear Love ~ Heart explosion. Love overflowing. Gratitude abounds. These past two weeks have been incredibly magical and so full of love that I don’t care how cheesy and sentimental and fluffy it all sounds. When things are feeling really good, we need to stop and appreciate it. Why? Acknowledgement. Absorption. Assimilation. Celebration. We are made [...] Read more…